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Three attorneys at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP were selected to join the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) as 2023 Fellow and Pathfinders. Litigation Shareholder Mian R. Wang was named an LCLD 2023 fellow, and Associates Anthony E. Guzman II (Labor & Employment) and Trudy-Anne McLeary (Corporate) were selected as 2023 LCLD Pathfinders.
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Benesch Adds Partner to Corporate Team in San Francisco.
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Fox Rothschild Welcomes Corporate Partner Laurie Sanders in San Francisco.
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Farella’s Family Wealth and Private Client Offerings Bolstered by Two New Partners.
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With last week’s legislative action to exempt the University of California at Berkeley from a long-standing state environmental law, it’s raising questions about how the statute could be further reformed to help not just schools but a host of infrastructure, housing, wildfire protection, and other projects.
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The Assembly Public Safety Committee decided along party lines last week to keep a controversial law on criminal theft that recent polling shows many voters want off the books.
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As lawmakers look to a record-setting budget to turn around a series of setbacks for the California public education system, proponents of a new school choice ballot initiative believe it’s better to let the money follow the student to a school best suited to the individual.
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The California Supreme Court has been asked to review a lower court ruling that held the University of California at Berkeley failed to adequately account for the overall impact of adding 3,000 additional students for the 2022-23 school year.
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A bill, AB 1001, to incorporate Environmental Justice (EJ) principles into the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), is raising questions about the how it would duplicate procedures enacted six years ago with SB 1000, which mandates all municipalities apply their own EJ policies to reduce risks in disadvantaged communities.
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California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board Releases Report on 2020 Police Stop Data.
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What They’re Saying: Health, Education and State Leaders Support New State Actions to Protect Californians from COVID-19.
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A federal appellate court has ruled against a San Francisco retailer’s claim for loss of income during California’s mandated COVID-19 closures because there wasn’t direct physical damage to the property.
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Attorney General Bonta Announces New Executive Team.
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Anthony Guzman Nominated to Bar Association of San Francisco Barristers Board of Directors.
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The following cases categorized as "wrongful termination" were on the docket in the Alameda County Superior Court on Sept. 27. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
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The Alameda County Superior Court reported the following activity on Sept. 27 in the suits below:
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The Alameda County Superior Court reported the following activity in the suit brought by Ceaundra Thomas against Berkeley Patients Group Inc. on Sept. 27: 'Complaint-Wrongful Termination Filed'.
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With the gubernatorial recall now behind Californians, questions remain about how the outcome will impact policy on homelessness, housing, crime, wildfires, water storage and schools, and what it all means for the 2022 election.
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The Contra Costa Superior Court reported the following activity on Sept. 7 in the suits below:
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The following cases categorized as "consumer credit collections cmpl (crc 3.740)" were on the docket in the Contra Costa Superior Court on Sept. 7. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
